Chocolate really grows on trees
You knew that right? Did you also know it’s made from a fruit? The cacao pod has to be one of the most gorgeous things on earth. It’s seeds, lovingly …
Chocolate tasting flavour wheel
Tasting chocolate is fun. A lot more fun than just eating it. When you have great chocolate you have an opportunity to experience some of the most delicate and mind …
Coles adds milk solids to dark chocolate!
The reality is milk solids are cheaper than cacao butter so it’s inevitable in the quest for cheaper chocolate. It’s a disaster for the Australian vegans who love cheap chocolate. …
A big week of chocolate awards!
There are two main awards in the craft chocolate industry, and both have announced winners this week! The Academy of Chocolate was founded in 2005 by five of Britain’s leading …
Melbourne Chocolate Scene
We have just spent a great weekend in Melbourne! We couldn’t wait any longer to get down and check out some of the bean-to-bar chocolate scene, and we thought you …
Time for Easter
Each year the shops fill with chocolate bunnies and eggs for Easter. While we are never one’s to turn down an opportunity to eat more chocolate, we’d like to take …
Recipe: Bean to Bar to Biscuit
If you’re like us, you always have chocolate around the house. But Sydney’s hottest summer may have had unfortunate effects on any chocolate you accidentally left in the sun. One …
Hawaiian chocolate tour
We’ve just come back from a week exploring the booming bean-to-bar chocolate scene in Hawaii. Hawaii is the only state in the USA which can grow cacao, and is a wonderfully …
Storing chocolate in hot weather
Sydney is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, and the rest of Australia is not far behind. While you may love the heat, your chocolate definitely doesn’t but hot …
Chocolates for Valentine’s Day
St Valentine was executed in 3rd century Rome for performing secret Christian weddings for soldiers. During his arrest, Valentine performed a miracle, and cured his jailer’s daughter of blindness. 200 …